英文摘要 |
The Legislative Yuan passed the same-sex marriage bill in May 2019, making Taiwan the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. In view of the experiences of other countries, their legalizations of same-sex marriage were realized ''separately'' through three approaches: legislation, judicial review, or referendum. Put aside the approach of referendum, which is rarely seen around the world, the approach of legislation is usually seen in the countries adopting parliamentary system, and the approach of judicial review is usually seen in the countries adopting presidential system. What is unusual about Taiwan's experience is that the course of legalizing same-sex marriage covers all the three processes: judicial review, referendum, and legislation. From legal and political perspectives, the paper, analyzes the content of the judicial review, the tension between the referendum and the judicial review, and the parliamentary negotiation and legislation passing the same-sex marriage bill. Taiwan's special experience in the legalization of same-sex marriage, which is very different from that of other countries, is clearly described in the paper. |